Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The appearance and normal development of the anterior pituitary gland requires several signalling molecules and specific transcription factors, such as PROP1, POUF1, HESX1/RPX, LHX3, LHX4, PITX2, T-PIT, SOX2 and SOX 3. Gene mutations of these pituitary transcription factors may lead to different degrees of combined pituitary hormone deficiency (CPHD) associated or not with morphological changes of the hypothalamic–pituitary region.Mate...